METHOD FOR MEASURING BLOOD OXYGEN AT A FINGER AND FINGER-CLIPPED OXIMETER

• US 20110190602A1
• Filed: 03/30/2011
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Beijing Choice Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Chase Sun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Choice Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Chase Sun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xu, Feng, Liu, Yan, Wang, Weihu, Xie, Yufei
• Application Number:
  US13/075,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20110190602A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0252 using ambient temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14552 Details of sensors specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6838 Clamps or clips

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for measuring blood oxygen at a finger, comprising the following steps: 10) measuring blood oxygen content and finger temperature of the human body; 20) giving corresponding prompts according to the blood oxygen content and the finger temperature measured in the step 10). The present invention further provides a finger-clipped oximeter, comprising a control unit, a blood oxygen measurement unit, a finger temperature measurement unit, an output unit and a power management unit. The method for measuring blood oxygen at a finger and the finger-clipped oximeter provided by the present invention can measure the finger temperature of the human body, consider the measured finger temperature as a reference of the measured blood oxygen content of the human body and present it to the user together with the measured blood oxygen content, so as to assist the user in making a more accurate estimation on the blood oxygen content and the health condition of the person under test.

Claims

1. A method for measuring blood oxygen at a finger, characterized in that, comprising steps of:

10) measuring blood oxygen content and finger temperature of the human body;

20) giving corresponding prompts according to the blood oxygen content and the finger temperature measured in the step 10).

2. The method for measuring blood oxygen of claim 1, characterized in that, the step 10) particularly comprising:

measuring the finger temperature before measuring the blood oxygen content, or measuring the blood oxygen content and the finger temperature simultaneously, or measuring the finger temperature after measuring the blood oxygen content.

3. The method for measuring blood oxygen of claim 2, characterized in that, the step 10) further comprising:

after measuring the finger temperature, determining whether the finger temperature belongs to a finger temperature range suitable for the blood oxygen content measurement.

4. The method for measuring blood oxygen of claim 3, characterized in that, in the step 10), the finger temperature range suitable for the blood oxygen content measurement is from 20°

C. to 40°

C.

5. The method for measuring blood oxygen of claim 3, characterized in that in the step 20), ways of giving corresponding prompts comprising an image and/or a sound and/or a vibration and/or a flash.

6. The method for measuring blood oxygen of claim 3, characterized in that, in the step 20), contents of giving corresponding prompts comprising a value of the blood oxygen content and/or a value of the finger temperature and/or a determination result indicating whether the finger temperature is suitable for the blood oxygen content measurement.

7. The method for measuring blood oxygen of claim 6, characterized in that, in the step 20), when the finger temperature is suitable for the blood oxygen content measurement, displaying with a smile face;

or when the finger temperature is not suitable for the blood oxygen content measurement, displaying with a cry face.

8. A finger-clipped oximeter, comprising:

a blood oxygen measurement unit, an output unit and a power management unit, characterized in that, further comprising a finger temperature measurement unit and a control unit,

the blood oxygen measurement unit measures blood oxygen content of the human body according to instructions from the control unit and transmits the measured blood oxygen content to the control unit, and the finger temperature measurement unit measures finger temperature of the human body according to instructions from the control unit and transmits the measured finger temperature to the control unit;

the control unit instructs the output unit to give a corresponding prompt according to a value of the blood oxygen content from the blood oxygen measurement unit and a value of the finger temperature from the finger temperature measurement unit.

9. The finger-clipped oximeter of claim 8, characterized in that, the control unit controls execution orders of the blood oxygen measurement unit and the finger temperature measurement unit, which in particular comprise:

first executing the blood oxygen measurement unit then the finger temperature measurement unit, or executing the blood oxygen measurement unit and the finger temperature measurement unit simultaneously, or first executing the finger temperature measurement unit then the blood oxygen measurement unit.

10. The finger-clipped oximeter of claim 9, characterized in that, the control unit determines whether the finger temperature belongs to a finger temperature range suitable for the blood oxygen content measurement according to the finger temperature from the finger temperature measurement unit.

11. The finger-clipped oximeter of claim 10, characterized in that, the finger temperature range suitable for the blood oxygen content measurement is from 20°

C. to 40°

C.

12. The finger-clipped oximeter of claim 10, characterized in that, the output unit comprises a displayer and/or a speaker and/or a vibrator and/or a prompting flash.

13. The finger-clipped oximeter of claim 10, characterized in that, contents of a corresponding prompt that the control unit instructs the output unit to give comprise:

the value of the blood oxygen content and/or the value of the finger temperature and/or a determination result indicating whether the finger temperature is suitable for the blood oxygen content measurement.

14. The finger-clipped oximeter of claim 10, characterized in that, further comprising a data storage unit and keys connected to the control unit,

wherein, the data storage unit stores the value of the blood oxygen content from the blood oxygen measurement unit and the value of the finger temperature from the finger temperature measurement unit according to instructions from the control unit;

the keys are used to control execution orders of the blood oxygen measurement unit and the finger temperature measurement unit, and set the finger temperature range suitable for the blood oxygen content measurement.